About

My name is Ashlee and I am the owner and creator of Wylde Ivy.  I have a passion for scents, a love of color and texture, and a deep desire to create and capture all things unique and wonderful. I began making my own soaps in 2005 when I owned and operated two hair boutiques.  As the owner and purchaser for the salons, I became quite schooled in hair and skin care needs and ingredients.  I had a deep personal love affair with a particular bar soap that I purchased through one of my suppliers.  One day that soap was discontinued.  I went into an obsessed, caffeine fueled mission to find a replacement.  Through all my shopping and research, a crazy little idea sparked to life in the back of my mind..."you can do this".  So with mad obsession fueling me, I was soon consumed by soap making books and online research and neck deep in bars of soap....my soap.

Soon, my husband and I and our family and friends had more soap then we'd be able to use in a lifetime. With prodding from my salon customers, the first few bars of my soap were placed on the shelf for sale.  They were gone in a day.  More took their place and more, and more.  To my astonishment, the soap was selling.  My soaps needed company of the shelves.  Nothing goes with soap better then lotion.  Soon I was developing more body products like creams and lotions and even a hair care line (of coarse!).  

A year later, I constructed a very basic website with the help of the "HTML Programming for Beginners" book I stole from my husband.  The only intent of that website was for my current customers to keep in touch and see what was currently available.  Imagine my shock when orders started pouring in from not just all over the United States but the whole world.  I just couldn't keep up with the demand, at least not working in the salon full time.  I made the bittersweet decision to close my salon doors, shut my eyes, and leap into the soap making biz letting Wylde Ivy take me where it may.  Here I am, over ten years later and I wouldn't change a thing!

I love soap.  Soap started all of this for me.  I will always love soap.  There is something so humble yet so extraordinary about a bar of handmade soap.  My story doesn't stop with soap though.  My story involves perfume too.   It was shortly after committing to Wylde Ivy full time that I (again with the prodding of my customers) released my first line of perfumes.  It was a simple line of perfumes, nothing more then copies of my soap scents.  I was adding new soaps all the time, creating many limited edition batches.  My library of raw fragrances used in the creation of soaps and lotions grew and grew.  I was surround by scents.  Every kind of scent imaginable.  I started experimenting, blending this with that.  New fragrances were born, my fragrances.  For me, creating scents was like creating visions or dreams.  I could create a scent that reminded me of summers spent laying the grass and cloud gazing when I was a child or of the feeling stepping into a cool, fresh, spring rain.  I fell truly, madly, and deeply in love...again.

Beyond Wylde Ivy, when I'm not daydreaming up new scents and soaps, I'm trying to keep up with my twin daughters and laughing with my husband, running around with my crazy dog, hiking in the Appalachian Mountains surround our home, and taking photographs.  I love traveling and car trips, hiking and the outdoors, watching fish swim, the ocean, and anything that grows.  

I'm always looking for new visions to turn into perfumes.

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Loved this sampler. Great way to discover new scents. My favorites were Drifting and Black Sea Salt. Will need to get a bottle of those.

Another winner from Wylde Ivy

Ashlee is the mistress of fabulous. Everything she makes is special.

A Pretty Awesome Lotion

A very light, nongreasy lotion. Great for daily use and post-handwashing. I keep mine beside my desk. Love that it comes in a pump bottle. Hoping for the purse-sized edition with a flip top that I can carry! Do not regret my scent choice either. Works really well in lotion form. Present and loud without screaming and being too cloying. Less in love with this review process and its inacessible rating system. So if this is confusing because it says I rated it 1 star and has a positive review, I invite a consideration for Alt text for the ratings. Happy to chat about all things accessibility!

Thank you!

I’m very happy with the scents I ordered and the bonus gifts I received! Thank you so much!!!

Loved the sampler. Found a couple that are full bottle worthy! Definately worth checking out.

Absolutely gorgeous

My favorite of my sample set. I can’t even believe how good this is. I have to buy a full bottle immediately. I’m not usually a rose person but this is stunning, the ambergris and parchment beautifully rounds out the sweet rose. Obsessed.

Ren Faire Collection Perfume Oil Perfume Sampler

maple sugar

Sugar Witch reminds me of maple fudge or super rich buttercream frosting. It’s really rich, deep, warm, and sweet. I would love to buy it in full size eau de Parfum.

Beautiful Winter Scent!

A golden, creamy rich vanilla, with the perfect amount of spice and wood to make it festive, but not so overtly Christmassy that I won't enjoy it all winter! Great longevity and perfect (good but not overwhelming) projection. I ordered many holiday-themed samples this year, and this is the perfume I'm full-sizing for continued wear.

Walking in a winter ❄️ wonderland ✨️!!

Truly an amazing fragrance. It's not cloying, artificial, or fake smelling like some pine scents can be. And it is a fantastic winter fragrance if you're not a gourmand girl. It's truly unisex and sexy. Anyone can wear this and own it. It's just lovely.

How?

How? How do you keep making perfumes that are AMAZING!!! This smells divine!!

Please don’t ever stop!

Ashlee, please do not ever stop making fragrances! I’m selling all my other fragrances and literally only sticking with you!

Abominably Adorable Perfume | Limited Edition Halloween Fragrance | Yeti Inspired

This is what dreams are made of

I happened upon this scent from a friend and absolutely couldn’t live without it. It is just beautiful. It is sweet but not overly sweet. I really can’t explain it other than it is magical to me. It was love at first sniff! I had never heard of Wylde Ivy before. But I pray this scent will always be made..

Wylde Ivy is a genius!

This is my 2nd FS order from her and i couldn’t be more pleased. Orders always arrive faster than i ever thought possible. Samples are generous. And finally, the perfumes themselves are wonderful. I love how rich and warm Peasant Dance is, without any artificiality or overdone spices- just floral apples, golden honey, and toasty mead. Wylde Ivy is my go-to indie perfumer from now on! It has been a great experience buying some orders from her this fall. I look forward to seeing what she comes up with next.

I absolutely adore your fragrance "Call the Horseman".

Such a beautiful scent

This is such a beautiful scent. The rose of Oak’s maturity, all the amber sugar gives off a playful youthful vibe. Perfect for somebody in their 30s who wants to smell a little bit more mature, but doesn’t want to smell like an old lady lol

High quality scents. Highly recommend this...

High quality scents. Highly recommend this seller. Wonderful unique scents. Just as described.

I had gotten my partner a sample size of t...

I had gotten my partner a sample size of this scent, we both love it, so I had to gift him a full bottle for our anniversary! It's a light smell but more on the masculine side. Very reminiscent of a forest after rain or the sea side 💖

My daughter will absolutely Love it!!

My daughter will absolutely Love it!!

I just woke up and had a delivery notifica...

I just woke up and had a delivery notification so I run outside and get my WyldeIvy package I've been ever so patiently waiting for. To start, the packaging was really cute and she even included a sample of The Owl. Now to get to the scent which is Sugar Witch 🪄 This is everything I'd hoped it would be and more. Beautiful, sweet but also a little mysterious and even my husband loves it so that's definitely a win. This is signature scent worthy to me that's how pretty it is. You can tell love went into making this. Thank you so much Ashlee for the absolutely gorgeous perfume, it's perfect in every way.

the smell is amazing and strong, packaging...

the smell is amazing and strong, packaging was amazing as well as coming with a small sample of another perfume.

Oooohhh she's noice..... can't go wrong wi...

Oooohhh she's noice..... can't go wrong with this.

Creamy Coconut is my absolute favorite lov...

Creamy Coconut is my absolute favorite love, love, love it!

My sister originally ordered candied orchi...

My sister originally ordered candied orchid, and while it wasn't the scent for her, it sure was for me. I used all of it up and had to order more. I love it!